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Item Response Differences and Their Implications.
Gynther, Malcolm D. – 1978
This study examined similarities and differences between blacks' and whites' responses to rarely endorsed Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) items, as well as those items responded to most differently by the ethnic groups. Our subjects, 882 normal black middle-class adults from Alabama, Michigan and North Carolina, were compared to…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Group Norms, Individual Characteristics
Attempted Suicide: The M.M.P.I. Differentiation of Suicidal from Non-Suicidal Depressions.
Sendbuehler, J. M.; And Others – 1979
Distinctions between non-suicidal and suicidal depression were investigated. Epidemiological profiles of depressed patients (40 suicidal and 40 non-suicidal) were matched for sex and age. Independent raters diagnosed each subject according to five classifications of depression. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scores for each…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology)
Meaningfulness of MMPI Clinical Scale Sex Differences For Hard Drug Abusers and For University Counseling Center Clients.
Plant, Walter T. – 1979
With the resurgence of interest in sex differences research, it is important to use a "confidence interval" strategy in organizing and interpreting material rather than a strategy of statistical significance or non-significance. Investigators are urged to go beyond the reporting of statistical significance and to determine something…
Descriptors: College Students, Drug Abuse, Measurement Instruments, Personality Measures
Inwald Personality Inventory (IPI) and Inwald Survey 3 (IS3): Hilson Research Abstracts.
Hilson Research Inc., Kew Gardens, NY. – 1992
Abstracts, titles, and sources are given for documents concerning the Inwald Personality Inventory (IPI) and Inwald Survey 3 (IS3). The following titles are included: (1) "Five-Year Follow-Up Study of Departmental Terminations as Predicted by 16 Preemployment Psychological Indicators"; (2) "The Predictive Validity of Psychological…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Testing
Trait Interrelations in Implicit Personality Theories and Questionnaire Data.
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Stricker, Lawrence J; And Others – 1972
This study's aim was to assess the validity of naive subjects' implicit personality theories, the correspondence among the theories, and the influence of social desirability on them. High school girls classified the items from the MMPI Psychopathic Deviate scale into clusters representing different traits. These clusters agreed closely with the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Females, High School Seniors, High School Students
Hilson Adolescent Profile (HAP): Hilson Research Abstracts.
Hilson Research Inc., Kew Gardens, NY. – 1992
Abstracts and bibliographic citations are given for the following documents concerned with the use and characteristics of the Hilson Adolescent Profile (HAP): (1) "Use of the Hilson Adolescent Profile To Compare Juvenile Offenders with Junior and Senior High School Students" (R. E. Inwald and K. E. Brobst); (2) "The Effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies